Thursday, December 4, 2008

Funny Facts !

Here are some interesting, but true facts, that you may or may not have known.

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The Statue of Liberty's index finger is eight feet long

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Rain has never been recorded in some parts of the Atacama Desert in Chile

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A 75 year old person will have slept about 23 years.

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A Boeing 747's wing span is longer than the Wright brother's first flight.(the Wright brother's invented the airplane)

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There are as many chickens on earth as there are humans.

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One type of hummingbird weighs less than a penny

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The word "set " has the most number of definitions in the English language;192

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Slugs have four noses

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Sharks can live up to 100 years

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Mosquitos are more attracted to the color blue than any other color.

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Kangaroos can't walk backwards

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About 75 acres of pizza are eaten in in the U.S. Everyday

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The largest recorded snowflake was 15in wide and 8in thick. It fell in Montana in 1887

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The tip of a bullwhip moves so fast that the sound it makes is actually a tiny sonic boom.

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Former president Bill Clinton only sent 2 emails in his entire 8 year presidency

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Koalas and humans are the only animals that have finger prints

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There are 200,000,000 insects for every one human

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It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery had in it to begin with.

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The world's largest Montessori school is in India, with 26,312 students in 2002

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Octopus have three hearts

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If you ate too many carrots, you'd turn orange

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The average person spends two weeks waiting for a traffic light to change.

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1 in 2,000,000,000 people will live to be 116 or old

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The body has 2-3 million sweat glands

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Sperm whales have the biggest brains; 20 lbs

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Tiger shark embroyos fight each other in their mother's womb. The survivor is born.

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Most cats are left pawed

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250 people have fallen off the Leaning Tower of Pisa

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A Blue whale's tongue weighs more than an elephant

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You use 14 muscles to smile and 43 to frown. Keep Smiling!

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Bamboo can grow up to 3 ft in 24 hours

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An eyeball weighs about 1 ounce

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Bone is five times stronger than steel.

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